my newest painting

I've been painting lots of presents lately. 

                      Here's a pile of presents and present paintings in my studio. 

Here are a few things I've enjoyed lately

This wonderful interview with Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men in the Paris Review:
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6293/the-art-of-screenwriting-no-4-matthew-weiner


This article on the history of the public voice of women, published in the London Review of Books:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n06/mary-beard/the-public-voice-of-women


This essay on not knowing by Donald Barthelme (a great read for artists and writers) :
http://manoftheword.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/not-knowing-donald-barthelme.pdf


This interview with artist Conrad Freiburg on Bad At Sports:
 http://badatsports.com/2014/not-giving-a-fck-with-conrad-freiburg/


Ed Ruscha talking about his favorite paintings in the Frick Collection:
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/7467025/events/2958405


 And finally these great New Yorker magazine videos, particularly this interview with George Saunders and the one with Roz Chast